Reference: D1341
Decision Maker: Leader of the Council
Decision status: For Determination
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
To seek approval for the council to apply rule
35.3 iv) of the Council’s Contracts and Procurement Rules to
award a contract to EON Energy Services Ltd to provide a managed
service to deliver the installations associated with the
Government’s Green Homes Grant Local Authority Delivery Phase
2 (LAD2).
THAT the Leader:
1) agrees to apply rule 35.3 iv) of the Council’s Contracts
and Procurement Rules to enable direct award of a new contract to
EON Energy Services Ltd to continue to provide a managed service to
install measures in accordance with the council’s LAD2 scheme
proposal.
To enable direct award of a contract to EON to
ensure that the scheme can be completed within grant funding
timescales. The project aims to contribute towards the following
outcomes:
? Tackle fuel poverty by reducing energy bills for low-income
households by improving the energy efficiency of their home.
o Corporate priority, ‘promoting strong, resilient
communities and reduce hardship and inequality’.
? Deliver cost effective carbon savings to carbon budgets and
progress towards the UK’s target for net zero by 2050.
o Corporate priority, ‘to promote a sustainable
environment.’
? The phasing out of the installation of high-carbon fossil fuel
heating and reducing emissions and improving air quality.
o Corporate priority, ‘to promote a sustainable
environment.’
? Support economic resilience and a green recovery in response to
the economic impacts of Covid-19, creating thousands of jobs
nationwide.
o Corporate priority, ‘to promote and drive sustainable
growth across the borough to meet current and future
needs’
? Utilise the role of Local Energy Hubs to build Local Authority
capacity and supply chains to deliver energy efficiency at
scale.
o Corporate priority, to be a high performing, efficient and
effective council
To not apply rule 35.3 iv) which would
therefore not enable the council to enter into a contract in time
to deliver works by the funding deadline and would not result in
further low income households in Netherfield receiving eligible
measures via the LAD2 scheme
Publication date: 04/08/2022
Date of decision: 04/08/2022
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